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Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) provides evidence-based information on
healthcare outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. Information
from AHRQ’s research helps people make more informed decisions and
improve the quality of healthcare services. AHRQ was formerly known as
the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
www.ahrq.gov
 American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Established in 1969 to help educate nurses working in newly developed
intensive care units, the American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses (AACN) is the world's largest specialty nursing organization
with more than 65,000 members representing the United States and
45 other countries.
www.aacn.org
 American Nurses Association
The American Nurses Association is a
full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.6
million Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent state associations
and 13 organizational affiliate members. ANA advances the nursing
profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting
the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting
a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress
and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the
public.
www.ana.org
 American
Organization of Nurse Executives
Founded in 1967, the American Organization of Nurse
Executives (AONE), a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association, is
a national organization of nearly 4,000 nurses who design, facilitate,
and manage care. Its mission is to represent nurse leaders who improve
healthcare. AONE members are leaders in collaboration and catalysts for
innovation. AONE's vision is "Shaping the future of healthcare through
innovative nursing leadership." The organization provides leadership,
professional development, advocacy, and research in order to advance
nursing practice and patient care, promote nursing leadership
excellence, and shape healthcare public policy.
www.aone.org
American Pharmaceutical Association
The
American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA), the national professional
society of pharmacists, was founded in 1852 and is the first established
and largest professional association of pharmacists in the United
States. The more than 50,000 members of APhA include practicing
pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, pharmacy students, pharmacy
technicians, and others interested in advancing the profession. The
association is a leader in providing professional information and
education for pharmacists and an advocate for improved health of the
American public through the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical
care.
www.aphanet.org
 American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) provides
leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to advance the practice
of senior care pharmacy. ASCP’s 7,000 members manage and improve drug
therapy and improve the quality of life of geriatric patients and other
individuals residing in a variety of environments, including nursing
facilities, subacute care and assisted living facilities, psychiatric
hospitals, hospice programs, and home and community-based care.
www.ascp.com
As part of its efforts to focus attention on the issue of preventing
medication errors in pharmacies and long-term care facilities, the ASCP
has established the following two documents:
ASCP statement:
http://www.ascp.com/resources/policy/upload/Sta97-Med Errors.pdf
ASCP guidelines:
http://www.ascp.com/resources/policy/upload/Gui97-Med Errors.pdf
 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is the
30,000-member professional association that represents pharmacists who
practice in hospitals and other components of healthcare systems. A
long-time champion of medication-use safety, ASHP believes that the
mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medicines.
Toward that end, the society has extensive publishing and educational
programs designed to help members improve their delivery of
pharmaceutical care and is the national accrediting organization for
pharmacy residency and technician training programs.
http://www.ashp.org/patient-safety/index.cfm?cfid=20586545&CFToken=76308088
 Association
of Operative Registered Nurses
AORN is the professional organization of perioperative
registered nurses that
supports registered nurses in achieving optimal
outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive
procedures. AORN is the global leader in promoting excellence in
perioperative nursing practice. AORN is composed of approximately 40,000
perioperative registered nurses in the United States and abroad.
Perioperative nurse are defined as "those who provide, manage, teach,
and study the care of patients undergoing operative or other invasive
procedures."
AORN represents more than 40,000 registered nurses who
facilitate the management, teaching, and practice of perioperative
nursing, or who are enrolled in nursing education or engaged in
perioperative research. AORN's members participate in more than 340
chapters across the US and in Puerto Rico, 12 Specialty Assemblies, and
25 State Councils.
www.aorn.org
 California HealthCare Foundation
The California HealthCare Foundation is an independent philanthropy committed
to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California, and
helping consumers make informed health care and coverage decisions. Formed in
1996, our goal is to ensure that all Californians have access to affordable,
quality health care.
CHCF commissions research and analysis, publishes
and disseminates information, convenes stakeholders, and funds development of
programs and models aimed at improving the health care delivery and
financing systems.
www.chcf.org
 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
The mission of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is to assure that safe and effective drugs
are available to the American people.
www.fda.gov/cder/drug/MedErrors
 eHealth Initiative
The eHealth Initiative and the Foundation for eHealth Initiative
are independent, non-profit affiliated organizations whose missions are
the same: to drive improvement in the quality, safety, and efficiency
of healthcare through information and information technology.
Both
organizations are focused on engaging multiple and
diverse stakeholders--including hospitals and other healthcare
organizations, clinician groups, employers and purchasers, health plans,
healthcare information technology organizations, manufacturers, public
health agencies, academic and research institutions, and public
sector stakeholders--to define and then implement specific actions that
will address the quality, safety and efficiency challenges of our
healthcare system through the use of interoperable information technology.
www.ehealthinitiative.com
 HealthTech
Founded in 2000 by Molly Coye, MD, MPH, HealthTech is a non-profit research
and education organization that develops objective technology forecasts,
innovative decision-making tools and facilitates a learning network of
experts and health system leaders for the exclusive benefit of its more than
40 Partner organizations: healthcare systems, hospitals, safety-net providers
and government agencies.
www.healthtech.org
 Institute
for Healthcare Improvement
The
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a Boston-based,
independent, non-profit organization working since 1991 to accelerate
improvement in healthcare systems in the United States, Canada, and
Europe by fostering collaboration, rather than competition, among healthcare organizations.
www.ihi.org
 Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The
Institute for Safe Medication Practices is a nonprofit organization that
works closely with healthcare practitioners and institutions, regulatory
agencies, professional organizations, and the pharmaceutical industry to
provide education about adverse drug events and their prevention.
www.ismp.org
 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The
Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 19,000 healthcare
organizations and programs in the United States. An independent,
not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's
predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in healthcare. Since
1951, the Joint Commission has developed state-of-the-art,
professionally based standards and evaluated the compliance of healthcare
organizations against these benchmarks. The mission of the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is to
continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the
public through the provision of healthcare accreditation and related
services that support performance improvement in healthcare
organizations.
www.jcaho.org
 Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety
The International Center for Patient Safety focuses on the identification, gathering, analysis,
and dissemination of patient safety solutions, both in this country and abroad, and upon the
creation of organization cultures of safety which embrace continuous attention to safety-focused,
systems improvement efforts.
The Joint Commission International Collaborating Center on Patient Safety seeks to
continuously improve the safety of patient care through the provision of solutions, processes,
and procedures that support the elimination of preventable adverse occurrences in all health
care settings. The Center, established in 2005 by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations and Joint Commission Resources (JCR), advocates for patient safety through
research and education.
www.jcipatientsafety.org
 The Leapfrog Group
A leading
group of Fortune 500 companies and other large healthcare purchasers
founded "The Leapfrog Group" by creating and committing to a
common set of purchasing principles to drive leaps in patient safety.
The Leapfrog Group's goal is to mobilize employer purchasing power to
initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety and overall value of
healthcare to American consumers. It is a voluntary program aimed at
mobilizing large purchasers to alert the healthcare industry that big
leaps in patient safety and customer value will be recognized and
rewarded with preferential use and other intensified market
reinforcements. The Leapfrog Group is sponsored by The Business
Roundtable, a national association of Fortune 500 CEOs.
www.leapfroggroup.org
 Markle Foundation
Emerging information and communication technologies possess
enormous potential to improve people's lives. The Markle Foundation works
to realize this potential by accelerating the use of these technologies
to address critical public needs, particularly in the areas of health
and national security.
www.markle.org
 Medscape
Medscape is a
clinical information company dedicated to improving healthcare through
the development of its Internet portals and Digital Health Record
applications that provide a wide array of relevant and trusted
healthcare information to individual, small group, and network healthcare
providers, the pharmaceutical industry, and consumers.
www.medscape.com
 MedWatch
MedWatch, the FDA
Medical Products Reporting and Safety Information Program, serves both
healthcare professionals and the medical product-using public. It
provides important and timely clinical information about safety issues
involving medical products, including prescription and over-the-counter
drugs, biologics, dietary supplements, and medical devices.
www.fda.gov/medwatch
 National
Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
The National
Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC
MERP) is an independent body comprised of 19 national organizations. In
1995, USP spearheaded the formation of NCC MERP. Leading national
healthcare organizations are, for the first time, meeting,
collaborating, and cooperating to address the interdisciplinary causes
of errors and to promote the safe use of medications.
www.nccmerp.org
 National Patient Safety Foundation
The
mission of the National Patient Safety Foundation is to improve
measurably patient safety in the delivery of healthcare by its efforts
to: 1) Identify and create a core body of knowledge; 2) Identify
pathways to apply the knowledge; 3) Develop and enhance the culture of
receptivity to patient safety; 4) Raise public awareness and foster
communications about patient safety; and 5) Improve the status of the
foundation and its ability to meet its goals.
www.npsf.org
 National Quality Forum
The
National Quality Forum is a not-for-profit membership organization
created to develop and implement a national strategy for healthcare
quality measurement and reporting. A shared sense of urgency about the
impact of healthcare quality on patient outcomes, workforce
productivity, and healthcare costs prompted leaders in the public and
private sectors to create the National Quality Forum as a mechanism to
bring about national change.
www.qualityforum.org
 Partnership for Patient Safety
The
Partnership
for Patient Safety is a collaborative network of people and
organizations dedicated to reducing the harm caused by healthcare
errors.
www.p4ps.org
 Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force
The
goal of the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC) is to
ensure that all federal agencies that purchase, provide, study, or
regulate healthcare services are working in a coordinated way toward the
common goal of improving the quality of care. The QuIC seeks to provide
information to help people make choices, to improve the care purchased
and delivered by the government, and to develop the infrastructure
needed to improve the healthcare system.
www.quic.gov
 U.S. Pharmacopeia
In pursuit
of its mission to promote public health, U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)
establishes state-of-the-art standards to ensure the quality of
medicines for human and veterinary use. USP also develops authoritative
information about the appropriate use of medicines. National healthcare
practitioner reporting programs support USP's standards and information
programs. In addition, USP supports many public service programs.
www.usp.org
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